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This Is UConn: The Story of College Basketball’s New Kings

Donald Trump, Dave Dixon, and the NFL's Last Great Challenger

The NFL has convincingly conquered every challenge thrown at it and established an unyielding hold over the world's most lucrative sport. That much is undeniable. But how has it gone so long without facing such a challenge? How has someone not decided there was too much money involved to not mount a challenge for the top spot? This is the story of the last who dared stand up -- of David Dixon and Donald Trump, of Herschel Walker and Steve Young, of a crash and burn so spectacular it has reinforced the NFL's monopoly from now to the end of time. This is the story of the USFL.
00:00 - Intro
01:31 - Pro Football Foundations
04:05 - AFL Wrestles for Control
07:04 - Dave Dixon's Football Dreams
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The Rise and Fall of George Kliavkoff

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Fans of college football may never forget how radically the landscape of the sport changed as George Kliavkoff oversaw the collapse of the PAC-12 Conference; his failure to reinforce their status as a power 5 league, whether through expansion or consolidation, sent the ACC to the Pacific Coast and the Big Ten to the City of Angels. How did it all manage to turn out so poorly for the New York-na...

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Carl Fisher: The Father of the Indy 500

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Carl Fisher, whose overzealous love for anything with wheels eventually became the Indy 500, is one of America's most fascinating forgotten sons. He raced bikes, motorcycles, and cars, started a company that pioneered the headlight, even drove the development of Montauk and Miami Beach, two of America's most famous resort towns. A one of a kind eccentric, Fisher lived a life of the highest high...

This Is UConn: The Story of College Basketball’s New Kings

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This Is UConn: The Story of College Basketball’s New Kings

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From their very first game in 1901, the history of Connecticut basketball weaves a fascinating tale. Despite many years languishing in irrelevance, they've blazed a trail that would make even John Wooden look twice: back-to-back national champions, the envy of the Big East, and college basketball's most successful team over the last 30 years. This documentary explores the men that laid the foun...

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